The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-23
THE
COMMERCE ACT
TILE
OF FEBRUARY A, 1887.

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the provisions of this act shall apply to
any common carrier or carriers engaged
in the transportation of passengers o1
property wholly by railroad, or partly by
railroad and partly by water when botl
are used under a common control, man
ag ment, or arrangement, for a cOntlnu-
Gus carriage or shipment, from on
State or Territory of the United States,
or the District of Columbia, to any other
State or Territory of the United States,
or the District of Columbia, or from
any place in the United States TO an
adjacent foreign country, or from any
place in the United States through a
foreign country to any other place in
the United States, and also to the trans.
portation in like manner of property
shipped from any place in the United
States to a foreign country and carried
from such place to a port of transship-
ment, or shipped from a foreign country
to any place in the United States and
carried to such place from a port OF
entry either in the United States or an
adjacent foreign country: ProUided,
hoaCever, That the provisions of this act
shall not apply to the transportation OF
passengers or property. or to the receiv-
ing, delivering, storage, or handling OF
! property, wholly within m State, and
not shipped to or from a foreign country
from or to any State or Territory as
aforesaid.
The term railroad" as used in this
act shall include all bridges and ferries
used or operated in connection with any
railroad, and also all the road in use by
any corporation operating a railroad,
whether owned or operated under a
contract, agreement, OF lease; and the
term Transportation shall include all
instrumentalities Of shipment or car
riage.
All charges made for any service rem
dered or to be rendered in the trans
portation of passengers or property as
aforesaid, or in connection Herewith,
or for the receiving, delivering, storage,
or handling of such property, shall be
reasonable and Just; and every unjust
and unreasonable charge for such SER
vice is prohibited and declared to be
unlawful.
Sec. 2. That if any common carrier
subject to the provisions of. this act
shall, directly or indirectly, by any
special rate, rebate, drawback, or other
device, charge, demand, collect, or re-
ceive from any person or persons a
greater or less compensation for any
service rendered, Oh to be rendered, in
the transportation of passengers or
property subject to the provisions of
this act, than it charges, demands, col
lects, or receives from any other person
ov ,Nn,.Sn1,o 1atn0 fn,- him ~. fpr fha1a -
like and contemporaneous service in the
transportation of u like kind of traffic
under substantially similar circumstan-
ces and conditions, such common carrier
shall be deemed guilty Of unjust dis
elimination, which is hereby prohibited
and declared to be unlawful.
Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for
any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions of this act to make or give any
undue or unreasonable preference or
advantage to any particular person,
company, firm, corporation, or locality,
on any particular description of traffic,
in any respect whatever, or to subject
any particular person, firm, corporation,
or locality, or any particular description
of traffic, to any undue or unreasonable
prejudice or disadvantage in any respect
whatsoever.
Every common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act shall, according to
their respective powers, afford all rea-
sonable, proper, and equal facilities for
the interchange of traffic between their
respective lines, and for the receiving,
forwarding, and delivering of passen-
gers and property to and from their
several lines, and those connecting
Herewith, and shall not discriminate in
heir rates and charges between such
connecting lines; but this shall not be
construed as requiring any such COM
mon carrier to give the use of its tracks
or terminal facilities to another carrier
engaged in like business.
Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for
any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions of this act to charge or receive
any greater compensation in the aggre-
gate for the transportation of passengers
or of like kind of property, under sub
stantially similar circumstances and
conditions, for a Shorter than for a
longer distance wei the same line, in
the same direction, the shorter being
included within the longer distance;
but this shall not be construed as au-
thorizing any common carrier within
the telms of this act to charge and re-
ceive as great compensation for a shorter
as for a longer distance: Provided, hoag-
eUer, That upon application to the Com
mission appointed under the provisions
of this act, such common carrier may,
in special cases, after investigation by
the Commission, be authorized to
charge less for longer than for shorter
distances for the transportation of pas
sengers or property; and the Commission
may from time to time prescribe the
extent to which such designated com
mon carrier may be relieved from the
operation of this section of this act.
Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful for
any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions of this act to enter into any con-
tract, agreement, or combination with
any other common carrier or carriers
for the pooling of freights of different
and competing railroads, or to divide
between them the aggregate or net pro-
ceeds of the earnings of such railroads,
or any portion thereof: and in any case
of an agreement for the pooling of
freights as aforesaid, each day of its
continuance shall be deemed a separate
offence.
Sec. 6. That every common carrier
subject to the provisions of this act
shall print and keep for public inspec-
ton schedules showing the rates and
fares and charges for the transportation
of passengers and property which any
such common carrier has established
and which are in force at the time upon
its railroad, as defined by the first sec
ton of this act. The schedules printed
as aforesaid by any such common car
rier shall plainly state the places upon
its railroad betNe cen which property and
passen ers will be carried, and shall
contain the classification Of freight in
force upon such railroad, and shall also
state separately the terminal charges
and any rules or regulations which in
any wise change, affect, or determine
any part of the aggregate of such afore-
said rates and fares and charges. Such
schedules shall lie plainly printed in
large type, of at least the size of ordinary
plea. and copie 5 for the use of the public